piranhas in English

noun
1
a deep-bodied South American freshwater fish that typically lives in schools and has very sharp teeth that are used to tear flesh from prey. It has a reputation as a fearsome predator.
Two well-known fish with multiple rows of teeth are piranhas and sharks.
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1. Piranhas hunt in packs.

2. Piranhas, a nearby town, was once the terminus of a railroad.

3. Reduction of Caimans in the wild meant an increase in the number of piranhas (which attack cattle) and capybaras (which destroy crops)

4. If piranhas can rip a horse to pieces in no time, surely even a seven foot long otter offers little challenge?

5. Like a pit bull, piranhas will tear the flesh from your bones. Also like a pit bull, they bark. [piranha audio type 1] Kind of.

6. Wu grabs Miao and threaten to dip her hand in a fish tank full of piranhas, forcing Zhong to reveal his hiding place.

7. This young capybara was dragged into the water by a caiman, a local alligator. But now a swarm of piranhas is feasting on the prize.

8. This arrangement has been adjusted and perfected, so that a day’s routine can be described as follows: Rising time is 4 a.m. with, first, an active bath in the river—active, because if you stop moving, the fish, including piranhas (though these are not as voracious as piranhas found in more remote regions), begin to nibble on you.

9. ‘This is the third year that we have caught baby Arapaimas.’ ‘Nearby in the Graham Amazon gallery visitors can gaze at 7 foot Arapaimas, catfish the size of bulldogs, beautiful tiger stingrays, giant anacondas, electric eels, two toed sloths and creepy piranhas.’